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Turin Brakes to tour the ‘The Optimist’ November

Turin Brakes

In November Turin Brakes will be performing their Mercury music nominated, platinum selling debut album “The Optimist”. Turin Brakes’ Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian start the tour on Nov 7th at The Cambridge Junction, play London’s Koko on 11th and finish in Sheffield on 24th.

In 2001 Turnin Brakes shimmering acoustic guitars, vocal harmonies as soft and refreshing as a gentle summer breeze ‘ were captured perfectly on their 2001 debut album, The Optimist, featuring songs such as Underdog (Save Me) and Emergency 72.

‘We have never duplicated the sound of that first record,’ says Gale. ‘It’s an iconic album. We’ve since made records that have been just as good, but that one captured some sort of zeitgeist. On the surface it was melancholy, but underneath it was hopeful. That’s why we called it The Optimist.’

The Optimist November Tour dates and ticket details are

Nov
Mon 7th Cambridge Junction
Tue 8th Oxford Academy 2
Wed 9th Bournemouth Fire Station
Fri 11th London Koko
Sat 12th Bristol Thekia
Sun 13th Norwich Waterfront
Wed 16th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Thur 17th Northumbria University
Fri 18th Manchester Cathedral
Sun 20th Glasgow ABC
Mon 21st Edinburgh Queens Hall
Thur 24th Sheffield Leadmill

Tickets all priced £18.00 except London (£23) and Manchester (£19.50)

Adam Ant is back on the road.

Adam Ant today, at an exclusive event in London has announced that he is hitting the road for his first full UK tour in over 15 years to the delight of his many fans all over the world. Adam announced the new tour and his new band line up ‘ The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse ‘ whilst playing a greatest hits set which included ‘ ‘Prince Charming’, ‘Beat my Guest’, ‘Antmusic’, ‘Stand and Deliver’ and ‘Goody Two Shoes’.

Adam Ant was the leader of iconic New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scored ten UK top ten hits, including three No.1 singles. Ant was also a star in America where he not only scored a string of hit singles and albums, but was once voted sexiest man in America by the viewers of MTV. Not just a multi million selling recording artist Adam Ant is also an actor, having appeared in over two dozen films or television episodes. Adam Ant is one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic artists of the twentieth century. Ant is currently recording new material. This greatest hits tour will be something not to be missed.
Tour Dates May / June 2011

16th May Brighton Concorde2 01273673311
17th May Cambridge The Junction 01223511511
18th May Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 02392863911
23rd May Glasgow O2 ABC 08444772000
24th May Sheffield O2 Academy 08444772000
26th May London Indigo O2 08448560202
28th May Liverpool O2 Academy 08444772000
29th May Newcastle O2 Academy 08444772000
1st June Birmingham O2 Academy 08444772000
3rd June Holmfirth Picturedrome 08712301101
4th June York Duchess 08444771000

Lady Gaga finishes third album

Pop megastar Lady Gaga tweeted that she’s finished her third album. She has polished off the album in an unlikely musical spot: the Midwest US state of Nebraska.

She tweeted: “In Nebraska, finishing up record today. I’m so proud of the album: I keep dancing+drinking: metal/techno rock journey of a woman on the run.”

She also tweeted a photo of herself, stamped ‘GAGA’ in red and displaying the release date of her album, and showing off the new, weird facial accoutrements that give her severe cheekbones and sharp eyebrows.

The album’s self-titled single has now spent five weeks at the top of the Billboard charts.

Born This Way the album will be released on May 23